Episode Summary:

This week on the Event Tech Podcast, Brandt Krueger and Will Curran unpack the latest leaps in AI-powered image generation, focusing on new capabilities within ChatGPT and Midjourney. From photorealistic hands and seamless text rendering to transparent backgrounds and continuity across images, the conversation explores how these advancements are transforming event production, branding, and creative workflows. The hosts also touch on the evolving landscape of video generation tools and share a few candid lessons learned from the trenches of AI experimentation, including an apology to Perplexity.

Discussions Include:

• The evolution of AI image generation: photorealism, hands and body parts finally look right
• Continuity and consistency: generating series of images with persistent elements and styles
• Text and logo integration: AI’s newfound ability to handle crisp, accurate signage and branding
• Transparent backgrounds and practical applications for event production and design
• Midjourney’s new draft mode, voice prompting, and the speed gap in creative iteration
• Reflections on the future of video AI and lessons learned from using AI tools in real-world projects

Quotable Quotes (Should you choose to share):

"I have some of the worst short-term memory of all time and all I can do is blame the 90s." - Brandt Krueger

"This ability to do continuity between images makes me feel like this is going to be great for brands who are like, I need to make the announcement image for my event...and now I need to say that I'm announcing that Seth Rogen is going to be the keynote speaker." - Will Curran

"It's a very talented intern. Or I think somebody once described it as like your cousin-in-law's nephew who you've been using to do graphics design and maybe does a little too many drugs." - Brandt Krueger

"I continue to be really excited by where these things are going. All that video is- is a thousand pictures. So we're going to get there really soon." - Brandt Krueger